[chuck-users] translating a pd patch to chuck

[joerg piringer]

altern wrote:
> joerg piringer wrote:
>> altern wrote:
>>> thor wrote:
>>>>> right now in order to solve the problem of translating my patch i  
>>>>> think
>>>>> maybe the easiest solution would be to use the pd GUI i already  
>>>>> have to
>>>>> control chuck with OSC.
>>>> Hey Enrike
>>>>
>>>> You might consider using the SwingOSC
>>>>
>>>> http://www.sciss.de/swingOSC/
>>>>
>>>> - an OSC GUI server, originally made for SuperCollider, but
>>>> I can't see any reason not to use it with ChucK.
>>>>
>>>> (there are some PD (i.e. using SwingOSC with PD) examples
>>>> in the distribution)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - This way you could even build one GUI and choose which
>>>> soundengine to use or use many at the same time (ChucK, PD, SC,  : )
>>> of course. i forgot about this.
>>> I guess i could as well use wxpython with osc, maybe not that difficult 
>>> for simple stuff like this.
>> and there's OSCSurface:
>> http://joerg.piringer.net/index.php?href=software/oscsurface.xml&mtitle=software
>> i was thinking about translating it into wxPython, but i am not sure if 
>> i'll have the time to do it.
> 
> yes i remember this, but i am working on linux at the moment.
> Just wondering, how difficult would it be to create a ChucK wrap around 
> a scaled down version of wxWidgets? just wrapping the widgets that are 
> more likely to be used on a music project (sliders, buttons, some 
> graphics to display waves...). A bit like what maui_gui is doing but as 
> a module for the language without depending on the editor.

that would be great indeed!
but as spencer points out concurrency could be the biggest problem.
generally i would like to have the possibility to write externals as in 
PD. no need to alter the ChucK-code, just write a dynamic link library.
i could think of many marvelous things to add this way: video rendering, 
UGens, text to speech, wiimote controller input, etc.

best
joerg

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